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2007 July

From Microsoft Labs: Coming To A Computer Near You

A caveat, right off the bat: if you’re not running a Vista or Vista-ready machine with a fast processor and a lot of RAM (at least 1 GB) and Windows XP or Vista, don’t even watch this, because you’ll probably cry. If you are, read on.
Microsoft Live Labs bought Seadragon last year, a company [...]

Open Your Documents As Read-Only In Word 2007

If you share a document with other users, you could be concerned about them making unwanted modifications to it. Word has a few different features you can use to prevent this from happening.
One way you can prevent document reviewers from modifying a file is by having it open as read-only. When a reviewer opens [...]

Make Single-Spacing The Default For All New Documents In Word 2007

Some people prefer to use single spacing instead of double spacing. You can easily configure Word to use either one. If you use the Line Spacing option in the Paragraph group, you can change specific text within a document to single spacing.
If you want Word to use single spacing as the default for any [...]

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I Against I In The Social Networking Idiotsphere

Interesting. Someone just told me that I was on Pownce - which is odd, because I never signed up for an account. Lo and behold, here “I” am. I’m not terribly upset about it at this point, but that’s pretty much my identity - and the people following “me” may not know that that’s “me” [...]

Active Typing

Use your keyboard faster than you ever imagined! With Active Typing for Windows touch typing tutor, you will learn to type many times faster without typing errors.
Active Typing contains a complete touch typing course with 14 chapters. In addition, it has fun typing games, smart review wizard, and progress graphs. Download a free demo [...]

Wise Registry Cleaner v2.84 Build 89

Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the safest Registry cleaning tools available in the market today. Its scanning engine is thorough, safe and fast. It is so easy to use, even the least experienced user can easily repair registry with this tool. It scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the [...]

Geesee

I don’t have to tell you that interacting with the visitors of your Web site and allowing them to interact with one another is a good idea because you already know that thanks to the abundance of social services that exist on the Internet today. Interaction helps to build an audience, and that’s something that [...]

Leave My PC Running Or Turn It Off?

Q: I’ve asked many people whether I should leave my computer running or turn it off every night and everyone has a different opinion. What do you suggest? - Sandy
A: The reason that most folks have a different opinion is usually because everyone has a different reason for either leaving the computer on or turning [...]

Rehearse And Time Your Presentation In PowerPoint 2007

Normally you would move from slide to slide in a PowerPoint presentation by clicking the mouse button. An alternative is to configure PowerPoint to advance to the next slide after a specified amount of time. For example, you can have PPT progress to the next slide after two minutes. However, how do you know how [...]

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